IEEE OES AUV2020 Symposium

AUV2020 moves to Important Dates

remote mode Deadline for
abstracts: May 30
After hosting its largest ever delegation in
Porto, Portugal in 2018, the IEEE OES AUV Notification for
Symposium was scheduled to head to St. John’s, authors: June 15
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Deadline for full
Due to concerns around COVID-19 and resulting paper: August 1
travel restrictions, all AUV2020 sessions will now
be held remotely. Memorial University is proud
to continue its partnership with the IEEE OES
to deliver this year’s symposium in a new and AUV2020 has invited
innovative format. The symposium will include authors to submit
recorded and real-time events to accommodate contributions on the
attendees in different time zones. Keynotes, following topics:
workshops, presentations, the student poster
competition, networking opportunities, virtual tours, • Vehicle design
• Vehicle navigation
and social programs will be brought to you in the
• Sensor design & data
comfort of your own home.
fusion
• Vehicle control
The abstract submission deadline has been • Autonomy
extended to May 30. Registration fees will be • Mission planning
discounted and a new pricing structure will be • Applications
announced soon. Keep up-to-date by visiting • Multi vehicle systems
auv2020.org or find us on Twitter, @AUV2020. • Open source robotics
Call for Nominations for the IEEE OES
Autonomous Maritime Systems Award
The Autonomous Maritime Systems Technology Committee of the IEEE OES would
like to ask you to nominate persons who should be recognized in our community for
their accomplishments in the autonomous maritime systems (AMS) field. The awards
will be presented during a special online session of AUV2020.

Please send the following information to the Awards Committee:

• Nominee’s name
• Affiliation
• Recommendation letter with detailed reasons why you nominate the person.
Nomination of others and self-nominations are both welcome.

Email your nominations to the AUV2020 Awards Committee at: awards@auv2020.org

Mario Brito, Anna Wåhlin, and Yanwu

Zhang to deliver plenary talks

Dr. Mario Brito is an Associate Professor in Risk Analysis and Risk Management at
the University of Southampton. He will present “Towards using Machine Learning for
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Mission Risk Quantification” at AUV2020.

Dr. Anna Wåhlin is a Professor of Physical Oceanography at the Department of

Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg. She plans to bring “An AUV underneath
the ‘Doomsday glacier’: Revealing pathways and modification of warm water flowing
beneath Thwaites ice shelf, West Antarctica” to symposium attendees.

Dr. Yanwu Zhang is a Senior Research Engineer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research Institute (MBARI). He will deliver “Targeted Sampling by Autonomous
Vehicles” during this fall’s online session.

Find full speaker biographies and plenary descriptions at: auv2020.org/program/